Same story - different wording. This article is blaming the protocol and not 
the implementation "The weaknesses are in the Wi-Fi standard itself, and not in 
individual products or implementations"  
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/16/wpa2_krack_attack_security_wifi_wireless/

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Anderson
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 3:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Big flaw in WPA2

It isn't a design flaw.  It is an implementation flaw that everyone did wrong 
because the spec didn't address the need to be careful about it.

Read this Aruba FAQ, it is helpful to address these sorts of questions:

http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-007_FAQ_Rev-1.pdf

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 06:57:57PM +0000, Mike Cunningham wrote:
> If this is a flaw in the design of the WPA2 protocol isn't the fix going to 
> need to be made on both sides of the communication link?  Access points will 
> all need to be updated but also all client wifi drivers are going to need to 
> be updated on all wifi enabled devices that support WPA2, right?
>
> Mike Cunningham
>
>
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
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> Belcher
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 10:40 AM
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> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Big flaw in WPA2
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> >From Cisco:
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> https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/
> cisco-sa-20171016-wpa
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> / Stephen Belcher
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> Ruckus is providing a response today.

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